alder
alder
Definition
al·der (ôl′dər)
noun
any of a small group of rapidly growing trees and shrubs (genus Alnus) of the birch family, having toothed leaves and catkins, and growing in cool, moist soil in temperate and cold climates: the bark is used in dyeing and tanning, the wood is used for bridges and piles because it resists underwater rot, and the roots, which contain nitrogen-fixing organisms, help colonize raw soil
Etymology: ME alder, aller < OE alor, aler < IE base *el-: see elm
alder
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- include: First stage species might include alder, birch, wild cherry, whitebeam or ash.
- have: The Rydal Wetland has much alder, willow and birch which produce their own special fungi, with oak around the drier edges.
- comprise: Wet woodlands comprise mainly alder, willow and downy birch growing on waterlogged or seasonally wet soils.
- contain: The area is already surrounded by hedging of native species and contains mainly alder and birch inside.
Preposition: in
- part: Birch has colonized some cut-over bogs, with willow and alder in wetter parts.
Adjective modifier
- wet: In wetter parts alder and willow may be found.
- common: Common name: sweet pepper bush, common white alder, nana, pink spire, summer sweet.
- solid: Classically contoured, solid alder and ash bodies, and new distinctive neck shapes that fit like a glove.
- large: In addition there are wild cherry, large alders and very old hazel.
- cherry: Customers can choose from willow, birch, cherry, alder, sweet chestnut, ash, beech chestnut, poplar or oak.
- gray: Sycamore and gray alder are a nuisance because they seed prolifically, while the gray alder also tends to produce suckers.
Modifies a noun
- carr: The old fen is mainly alder carr close to the River Ouse.
- buckthorn: Small shrubs of alder buckthorn occur mainly on the northern edge of the open moss.
- woodland: Walked north from the village into wet alder woodland along a central causeway.
- wood: The alder woods along the banks of the river are among the best in London.
- tree: In the lower, wetter areas there are alder trees, whilst the conifer trees were planted in the 1960s.
- forest: Belarus: a few in the alder forest near Dubaj.
Noun used with modifier
